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Latest News in Telecommunications
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April 22, 2019
Businesses Want Tariffs Scrapped Under US-China Trade Pact
More than 150 business groups from a wide array of sectors on Monday issued sweeping demands to the Trump administration as it aims to wrap up its trade negotiations with China, including the removal of all tariffs imposed by the U.S. and Beijing over the past year.
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April 22, 2019
Morris Manning Snags IP Litigator From Alston & Bird
Morris Manning & Martin LLP has hired a patent litigation attorney from Alston & Bird LLP, bolstering its Atlanta offerings with his experience handling a range of intellectual property and commercial disputes, including federal court suits and international arbitration proceedings.
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April 22, 2019
Chinese Co. Says Motorola Stonewalling In Trade Secret Fight
Motorola Solutions Inc. needs to do a better job preparing its witnesses to discuss precisely which trade secrets have been at the center of its two-year-old lawsuit, the Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera told an Illinois federal judge Friday.
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April 22, 2019
Rural Carriers Say Verizon Phones Need To Stay Unlocked
A trade association representing rural wireless carriers blasted Verizon's effort to shift a federal rule that keeps its phones unlocked, as the group argued that the ability to use Verizon phones on any network "is a crucial freedom for rural consumers."
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April 22, 2019
Chancery Says $17B Cablevision Deal Suit Plows New Ground
A battle over cuts at New York's News 12 after Altice USA bought it as part of $17.7 billion merger could break new ground on the nature of allegedly unenforceable "goodwill" contract language, a Delaware vice chancellor said Monday.
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- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
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- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
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- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
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- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
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- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
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- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
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